Controlling representations
Subtitle: depictions of women in a mainstream newspaper, 1900-1950
By: Katherine H. Adams ... [et al.].
Contributors: Adams, Katherine H., 1954-
Publisher: Hampton Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Cresskill, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9781572737150; 9781572737167
Subjects: Women -- Press coverage -- United States -- History -- 20th century; Journalism -- Social aspects -- United States -- History -- 20th century; Women -- United States -- Social conditions -- 20th century; Women -- United States -- Attitudes; Women -- United States -- Social life and customs -- 20th century; Women in popular culture -- United States -- History -- 20th century
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: An evolving true womanhood; title: Portrayals of lower-class women; title: Exploiting the code; title: From suffrage to prohibition : a crisis in representation; title: Discourses of the body : the flapper; title: The decorative body remakes home and work; title: The suddenness of a new normality : World War II and beyond; title: Conclusion.